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Brace for the grocery price shock that fuel costs haven’t delivered yet

The numbers everyone agrees on New Zealand's consumer price index hit 3.1% annually in the March 2026 quarter, already above the...

By B2B News | 15 Jun 2026 | 4 min read
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Gene editing regulation is the only thing dairy cannot produce its way around

A study of nearly 1,100 New Zealand consumers published this week found something the political debate has not caught up...

By B2B News | 15 Jun 2026 | 4 min read
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AI-drafted sustainability reports are a live governance risk for NZ boards

The machine writes better greenwash than humans do Generative AI has a talent that should worry every board member, auditor, and...

By B2B News | 15 Jun 2026 | 5 min read
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$10.5 billion in unpaid tax is not a compliance crisis, it is structural

The number the government cannot collect away Inland Revenue expects total overdue tax and entitlements debt to hit $10.5 billion by...

By B2B News | 15 Jun 2026 | 5 min read
contractor reinstated after retraining as kiwirail backs improved welding standards

Contractor reinstated after retraining as KiwiRail backs improved welding standards

KiwiRail said retraining has resolved issues that led to a contractor's suspension over faulty track welding, allowing maintenance work to...

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 15 Jun 2026 | 3 min read
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UK to end Russian-linked fuel imports by 2027

Britain has confirmed it will end imports of diesel and jet fuel made from Russian crude oil by 1 January...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 15 Jun 2026 | 2 min read
uae rejects reports of fund transfer to iran

UAE rejects reports of fund transfer to Iran

The United Arab Emirates has denied reports that it agreed to release billions of dollars to Iran, pushing back against...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 15 Jun 2026 | 2 min read
trump claims iran deal is close to completion

Trump claims Iran deal is close to completion

A proposed agreement between the United States and Iran remains uncertain after Tehran pushed back against President Donald Trump’s claim...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 15 Jun 2026 | 3 min read
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Businesses paid for AI access they never actually owned

The kill switch is real At 5:21pm ET on June 12, the US Commerce Department ordered Anthropic to immediately disable access...

By B2B News | 14 Jun 2026 | 5 min read
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Auckland bleeds listings as Queenstown sells stages before shovels hit dirt

The rest of the country is drowning in stock New Zealand's residential property market is not in good shape. National active...

By B2B News | 14 Jun 2026 | 4 min read
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The Hormuz deal will expose every middleman who profited from the panic

The deal everyone wants, the unwind nobody is planning for Talk of a US-Iran agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz...

By B2B News | 14 Jun 2026 | 5 min read
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Address database failures are quietly breaking New Zealand broadband

The infrastructure success story with a hole in it New Zealand spent $5.5 billion on its Ultra-Fast Broadband programme, rolling fibre...

By B2B News | 14 Jun 2026 | 5 min read
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Eight billion dollar community left unprotected from a five-country crypto fraud

The scam that crossed five borders In February 2026, New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority joined regulators in Tonga, Australia, the UK,...

By B2B News | 14 Jun 2026 | 5 min read
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A supermarket shelf-stacking programme is outperforming New Zealand workforce policy

A 45.9% NEET rate and no line item in the Budget New Zealand has a disability employment problem so severe it...

By B2B News | 14 Jun 2026 | 4 min read
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A Crown entity with 2.4 million customers still cannot keep the lights on

2.4 million customers, one point of failure Lotto NZ is not a corner dairy raffle. According to the 2023/24 New Zealand...

By B2B News | 14 Jun 2026 | 4 min read
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$9 million royalties on $700 million of gold is not a policy, it’s a gift

Shane Jones wants mining to pay for regional New Zealand. He has the rhetoric, the fast-track legislation, and a $3...

By B2B News | 13 Jun 2026 | 4 min read
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